Creative Greenius

JANUARY 13, 2012

Following my blog post in December and my Facebook posts I immediately heard from three of my best green friends, Kaaren Lee Brown, Sona Kalapura and Lilly Fabri. But turn around and look the other way and it looks like something out of John Carpenter’s Escape from Los Angeles. . Very good news indeed.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 11, 2010

Inspired by President Obama’s election and the collapse of the ponzi scheme economy, I decided to work full time, pro bono, on the issues I cared about most – climate change, renewable energy, energy conservation and sustainability. 131 blog posts on this site in 2009 garnering a total of 58,826 page hits for the year.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

I just want to see projects get funded, renewable energy put to work, energy efficiency retrofits instituted, conservation measures adopted and sustainable practices replace business-as-usual before the climate crisis makes any positive action a moot point. org climate actions, and the South Bay Bicycle Master Plan.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

The green story of Dency Nelson is worth an entire blog onto itself, but he’s far too busy and actively involved to ever have time for that. If everyone had as small a carbon footprint and lived as lightly on the land as Dency does, we wouldn’t be in the climate mess we’re in today.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 18, 2009

Here’s the way the rest of the legacy media reported this story yesterday with links to their none-too-urgent coverage – courtesy of my FaceBook friends: White House Report Warns of Climate Change Effects – CNN. Climate Report Details Energy, Agriculture Harm – Reuters India.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 21, 2017

But it seemed pretty impossible once I became The Godfather of Community Choice Power in Los Angeles County – The Big Green Mafia Don as the wing nut fossil fuel lovers dubbed me. Having seen “Inconvenient Truth” the year before I was driven to work on climate change and related environmental issues.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

DECEMBER 4, 2009

And EVJerr's blogging from Tucson with a couple sites to hit -- the popular bookstore, Bookman's is installing two e-vehicle chargers at two sites and one in Phoenix (See Arizona Daily Star, Thursday, 3 Dec "Ground broken for e-vehicle chargers" article by Dan Sorenson). Cheers EVADC'rs, PHEV'rs, and EVthusiasts, One & All - Dang!

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 15, 2009

And that’s exactly the way I’m feeling about the Los Angeles Times this week after reading two separate articles in the space of four days claiming that solar panels may do more harm than good. Seth Godon helped me see the light in his blog post, “ When newspapers are gone, what will you miss?

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 8, 2008

For more than a year now in this blog I’ve been researching and reporting on climate change, energy and transportation issues and related environmental stories covering them on both a personal and a global perspective. First off you might be surprised that our cities have Climate Action Plans, but don’t be.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Search This Blog Previous Post: Report Says Cap-and-Trade Is a Must for Canada’s Economic Survival Next Post: From War Bonds to Environment Bonds Comment of the Moment “ Keep up the good work, Boehner! For more information, please see our Comments FAQ. Follow the money.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2012

For those of you wondering what your friendly neighborhood Greenius does when he’s not blogging or hanging out with 999 other climate activists at Al Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Corps training , the answer is he works for a living. And of course to Paul’s great eye for talent.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2012

For those of you wondering what your friendly neighborhood Greenius does when he’s not blogging or hanging out with 999 other climate activists at Al Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Corps training , the answer is he works for a living. And of course to Paul’s great eye for talent.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Today, on this very special Blog Action Day Creative Greenius, I take you back to June of 2008 and ask you: What the hell have YOU been doing for the past 12 months? In the 15 months that have passed since I wrote the following, ALL the climate change news has gone from bad, to worse, to much worse than that. The truth is George W.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. It’s the only way to save the planet from climate change. In the city of the future, could power suppliers be rivalled by innovative construction firms?

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

As our climate change crisis worsens and spins out of control with each passing day there’s no time to spare for those of us whose job it is to educate and motivate our fellow citizens to actions that cut our greenhouse gas emissions. If Los Angeles County were a nation, its economy would be the 18th largest in the world.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Read more in this blog post: [link] — Gregory Hancock 5. Search This Blog Previous Post: The Promise of a Better Light Bulb? How will the pressures of climate change, limited fossil fuel resources and the mainstreaming of "green" consciousness reshape society? For more information, please see our Comments FAQ.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Photos: GM, Segway purr about PUMA Martin LaMonica is a senior writer for CNETs Green Tech blog. Minus two when people realize that if theyre going to get stuck in traffic, they might as well do so in the climate controlled comfort of a car. He started at CNET News in 2002, covering IT and Web development. E-mail Martin.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Vice Chairman Bob Lutz in GMs FastLane blog ). Bob Lutz, Vice Chairman, Product Development, and Chairman, GM North America in GMs Fastlane Blog ) 7/26/06 But Micky Bly, engineering director of GMs hybrid programs, says the lithium-ion batteries required by the plug-ins drive up costs, making them difficult to market. ( Red Herring ).

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Creative Greenius

JULY 25, 2009

It’s pretty swell all by itself, but it doesn’t work too well in the current state economic climate where IOUs have ruled and our ex movie star Governor has gone full on looney tunes taking to posting wacky YouTube videos interacting with his big old OJ style knife. That means doing an energy retrofit on all of our 13.2

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Last week, at the Model S unveiling in Los Angeles, Tesla revealed that an optional “ QuickCharg e &# battery would get a full charge in 45 minutes from a 480V outlet. Than… 10 Monitoring Tools Bringing Smart Energy Home Technology news - Techvibes Blog : [.] Want $7K for an Electric Car?

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Creative Greenius

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

It’s my great honor to have written this update on our South Bay Los Angeles 350 Climate Action Group for the 350.org As part of the International Day of Climate Change on October 24, participants line up and do the wave for an airplane covering the event near the Manhattan Beach Pier.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Think of driving any vehicle in the hot Los Angeles summer time. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 Then he just about crapped in his pants when the friggin thing kept running out of a charge at the most inoportune time.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 8, 2023

According to a report from the Los Angeles Times , people living in California’s northern rural school districts don’t see EVs working as school buses. However, other companies are still struggling and Blue Bird has been crystal clear that the range of electric buses can vary depending on climate, load, and other external factors.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 31, 2023

Ann Carlson’s previous role as an environmental law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles makes it clear which side of the fence she’s on. She has likewise expressed her appointment as evidence that the Biden administration wants serious climate experts overseeing federal agencies.

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